DOJ warns Newsom that order discriminates against California churches

The Department of Justice (DOJ) warned California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in a Tuesday letter that his reopening plan for the state discriminates against churches. Eric S. Dreiband, the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said in the letter that the governor should permit in-person worship gatherings in the second phase of his four-part reopening, The Associated Press and The Los Angeles Times reported. Currently, Newsom’s…